Fence-mold.



PATENTED FEB. 28, 1905.

Q. G. SHELDON. FENCE MOLD.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 17, 1904.

l/wdmwoeo Bntented Februnry 28, 1905.

lilitil h EPECIFIGATXU'N forming part of Let'zers Patent; No. 783,901, dntod Fobruiitry 28, 1905.

Application filed Noveinher 17, 1904:. Serial N0. 233.15

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eitizen oi the United States, rcsidingnt lllburn, in the county of Kane and State of illinois, have invented newnnd useful lniprovomerits I11 Fence-Molds, of which the following is n specification.

lhis invention 1s a portnhle mold for fellow punts, and emliiothes :1 construction which may he used in moltllll lenew .IOFiiS at the ihnro whore they are to stay.

The invention comprises at mold suitnhlo to i he plneod over a posirhole, which mold when the post is not cun he rei'nowd nnd tnhen to unother place.

3i construction permitting this operation enuhlos tenunposts to he (puck-h linide and set with innit annount ol' luhoi;

time, and expense.

he invention is illustrated in tho :weonnnv i'rvii'ig drawings, in which Figures 1 21nd 2 nroolevntions oi the mold. Fig. 3 is :1 horixonini section.

The mold coniprinnn n cylindrical hlitll., .lighth Lupvi'ed and formed of llexihle inntnl such, for exmnpl i as gnh'unized iron.

6', and it opens at one side to permit the nznno to ho removed from the post. Atsnid side it hin linngo: T" which come together when tho mold is cloned. At the have of the llnngv on one side are loops 8, which extend thri'iugh filtiljt t), produizred in the other lhinge. 'lhono loops receive a locking-rod i which holds the joint; closed. Tho cylinder is provided at its lower end with ontwnn|l ypro iecting'logs '11, which rest on the ground when thv nold 'lhe holly portion of this (cylinder is indicated at locking-rod Lt, whioh is inserted thiiongh the loops referred to. The rods llinnd l-l :H'v hoth ol' sullit-ient length to he driten into tinground, so thntthox nsnist in holding the mold in n Vul'tionl ponition.

in use the mold is set up over n post-hohn with the \Yll't l?) in plane and thov logs resting on the ground. (lenient is then pouri-d into the top of the mold to (ill llll' po.-;t-holov and mold. Whon thoeenwnt issni, tho rods ll) and 14. are pullod out and tho mold isspl'ungopen l'nr enough to allow it to ho slipped oil' of tinpost. The wire 1;; will ronniin elnhedded in the post. with itw loops projecting heyond the snriznro thou-of to rveeive the linwwiris.

l. l mold adopted For molding posts in plnoe open nttop and hottoni and hnringoutwnrdlywxtendinglegmii the hotttnn, udnptod to rest on the surl'zngn oi the ground around tho po t-hole.

" i\ niold r-oinprising :Ln uprightoponnhlo llnxihlo tuhuhu' slructnre halving n itwurdl vextending supporting-legs :it the hottoin.

3. An upright post-mold open at (top and holtoin nnd openuhlo at tho Hillt, and lnwing openings in its side \'\'kill to permit the projvw lion ol' loopsol :1wirei'ontnilwd in the mold, and n loi'hing-rod on the outside :ninptod to he inserted through the proieeting loops to hold the snine in place.

"1. An upright {)Uttdlmhl open at top and hottoin and made of llexihle nintorinl hont to shupennd having slot-nnd-loop connections at itti'ineeting edges and opei'iings in tho side pminitting the projoetion oi loops ol' n wire in the mold, and lOel ing-rods extending through said loops.

in tontiinony whereof l h-lwisigned my nanne to this npeeiliention in the presence oi two Sill)- serihing wi tnosses.

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